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FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, File)
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This undated image provided by Kellogg's shows a photo of Special K Nourish that is slated to hit stores in July 2013. Kellogg Co. is building on its biggest moneymaker even further with the “hot cereal” that’s made with quinoa and other grains. (AP Photo/Kellogg's)
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FILE - In this April 18, 2011 file photo, the Yahoo logo is displayed outside of the offices in Santa Clara, Calif. (AP Photo/Paul Sakuma, File)
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This comic book image released by Archie Comics shows issue 10 of the Kevin Keller issue, where openly-gay character Kevin Keller kisses his boyfriend Devon. The issue will go on sale on Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Archie Comics)
Archie Comics' gay kiss a poke at real controversyA gay kiss for Archie Comics' Kevin Keller is also a poke at real life controversy
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Sotheby's director of the department of printed books and manuscripts Dr Philip Errington poses for photographers with a first edition copy of the first Harry Potter book "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone" containing annotations and illustrations by author J.K. Rowling, during a photocall organized for the media at the auction house's premises in London, Monday, May 20, 2013. The book will be offered for sale as part of the "First Editions, Second Thoughts" auction on May 21, for which there are no price estimates available in advance as it is a charity sale. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Annotated 'Harry Potter' 1st edition on auctionFirst edition of 'Harry Potter' book with JK Rowling's notes, drawings being auctioned in UK
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FILE - Jodi Arias cries as Steven Alexander, brother of murder victim Travis Alexander, makes his "victim impact statement" to the jury in this Thursday, May 16, 2013 file photo, during the penalty phase of the Jodi Arias trial at Maricopa County Superior Court in Phoenix. Arias returns to court Monday May 20, 2013 for the continuation of her trial after being convicted of murder in her lover's killing as jurors consider a life sentence or execution. (AP Photo/The Arizona Republic, Rob Schumacher, File)
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An Israeli woman is taken out of a bank in the town of Beersheba, Monday, May 20, 2013. A gunman stormed into a bank in the southern Israeli city of Beersheba Monday, killing four people in a gunfight and taking a hostage before killing himself, police said. (AP Photo/Dudu Greenspan) ***ISRAEL OUT***
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U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch addresses the Utah Republican Party's annual organizing convention Saturday, May 18, 2013, in Sandy, Utah. Hatch says staffers at the Internal Revenue Service, which recently apologized for unfairly targeting tea party groups, "are either deliberately incompetent or they are evil." Hatch mentioned the IRS scandal while addressing thousands of fellow Republicans in Sandy on Saturday for the state party's annual organizing convention. Hatch says the IRS scandal is more concerning than almost anything else he's seen in the 36 years he's been in the U.S. Senate. (AP Photo/Rick Bowmer)
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This comic book image released by Archie Comics shows issue 10 of the Kevin Keller issue, where openly-gay character Kevin Keller kisses his boyfriend Devon. The issue will go on sale on Aug. 7. (AP Photo/Archie Comics)
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This undated image provided by Kellogg's shows a photo of Special K Nourish that is slated to hit stores in July 2013. Kellogg Co. is building on its biggest moneymaker even further with the “hot cereal” that’s made with quinoa and other grains. (AP Photo/Kellogg's)
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Real Madrid's coach Jose Mourinho from Portugal looks out from the players bench before the start of the Copa del Rey final soccer match between Atletico de Madrid and Real Madrid at the Santiago Bernabeu stadium in Madrid, Spain, Friday, May 17, 2013. (AP Photo/Daniel Ochoa de Olza)

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On May 20, 1927,

Charles Lindbergh took off from Roosevelt Field in Long Island, N.Y., aboard the Spirit of St. Louis on his historic solo flight to France.

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the original version of Alexander Pope's satirical mock-heroic poem "The Rape of the Lock" was published anonymously in Lintot's Miscellany.

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President Abraham Lincoln signed the Homestead Act, which was intended to encourage settlements west of the Mississippi River by making federal land available for farming.

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